The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-28

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The ,.stine Madonna-rictures. Palaces
and Porcelain.
special Correspondence
r,,.nrv. Saxony. Sept 9-Dreslcn, Sax.
mv date line, but Dresden. China, is
.,f wanted 10 write 10, because a train
..ntaucs II mine said the other day that
.l hoard so much about Dresden china
n.t She Thought Dresden wa, ia China until
I. f..a,erei by the guide book Nat II wa'
n SsVouv.
n-.sian is called the Florence Of the
x-.b r and it is "a great place for art and
Americans. just as the other Florence Is.
A. fr.tI thought our fellow citizens came
FOR the love Of art. and / began 70 natter
...If that before the very FAR distant future
.sII have in our own land Of the free
..lf.me of thc buffalo u B0stO. Dreslenic. a
r-.i..Clicagoic and other school. OF art,
irt lind that the netting cause OF Dreslen's
..f.n as a place of residence Is the ne
~sr.all- c%heapne,s of living and the small
..a. demands made upon the pocket books
n~Ilsuis. and I am disappointed in my
ar b.r.s although possibly tine art Of cheap
.in. would be quite as valuable for adop-
.ur or cultivation IN the United States as the
material one that grows on canvas
rises ont Of marble. This thing Of
American cheap living In Europe is increas-
every year, ard / imagine that the
,r. nuI come when The immigration Of
r Europeans 90 the United States viii DO
r.f lbs the emigration Of semi-wealthy
Americans. who. having acquired a certain
amount of fortune where money is plenty
.ri fr.e. high. viii go 90 country where
r.... r scarce and price low. A congress
r... for instance, with hi- salary of 5000 a
.er. could put on quite as much style IN
Dresden a, three congressman could I'm Wash
nIf0a
Ever since we have come into these Ger
man ouuuIes we have been impressed with
uI.tencss of the people, and down in
Munich. where we met 10 first I'm its intensity,
IrsIy thought ia hayoa spasm unless some
h.y were rude 90 somebody else On the
.r. m.u tipped their hats and spoke % the
entire compartment coming IN and going
nt ON the roads iu the suburbs of towns
mon and women saluted each other aud all
.an.ers. in parks tine same code Of recog-
milton nas adopted, but the funniest was 10
w tne Munich mems eilusiveue,s among ac-
fsntances I have seen men turn around,
r~r.tau,c they had passed without speak
r. and. taking off their bats. make such "A
weeping h0w as would occupy the entire
m,.uant 10 was done boo good faith, too.
arrIufei DO al 90 the famous beer Of Nu-
m.h. which. ] am free Co confess, is suGi-
aea,y umhro,ial in its qualities 90 make "a
man polite 90 h%itchiug post. The women
ane quite a, polite, TOO, as the men, which Is
a.n- o. good deal, for women are not SO,
usually. particularly to each other, aud /
have frequently bad women speak To me
when 10 would have been quite a, good form
a0tt . have done .o There, "a deal Of iuhu-
m.n-s aooHt good form. anyway, and that
OBJ. Germans disregard 90 is much more in
ilar favor than If they heieed e. person IN
nI ..e |propueiies and Jet her siarye for
Ia.. of fhe milk Of human kindness.
Ot course. the finest picture BOO Tine Dresden
gallery r the S.,iiue Madonna by Raphael,
anI fIa Urosieners take care of It just as a
woman takes care Of "a handsome set Of
diamonds % occupies a room alone. and
.a.aut Do frame of special design When
nsn. into DO, presence a dozen or more
people were there before it and not "a one
G.se aU.fca whisper. believe the etiquette
NJ eaIer@ permits conversation in the ordin-
arg t.nrs. but somehow before this radiant
mother standing out from the canvas as
Dom tle clouds. with the Christ child m her
arms. QUE feels that silence best expresses
thought
met "a couple of Americans the day /
reached Dresden, and they had been in town
tsea'y four hours.
"Ylu Def. said one of them in reply % my
Inquiries. YOU bet we've done the town,
from Alfred 90 Omaha, and done it well.
Pictures palace and porcelein, the three Ps,
taat 8l there is 20 see, and we beat the
n.ori ou tle porcelain. Thcy'v got 1900
pieces u the Museum ~Johanneum and We got
t.ers seventeen minutes before time To put
OPP tle shutters. We saw 10 all and got out
$3.50 minlte, 20 spare-l5, 900 pieces in fifteen
muute,-a thousand pieces minute. II you
.n0n anybody that has done better, trot 'em
0f,
Hooked 900 the young man IN establishment,
tat didn't trot anybody out, because /
ulllut and bee went on:
alas aud we saw the most remarkable
ln. near the door Of the porcelain junk
shop that $50 have slapped up against on our
entire expedition"
AMI pray, said /, "what was thatf
"a woman who returned me bali the fee l
gave Der for taking care of my umbrella"
l.itremarkable that a woman should do
'latl said ] sharply.
Not 40 al said be, CALAMITY. "On the
outrary. only "a woman would have done so.
10 DC had been a man, my European expert
Hce has taught me that he would have asked
i0r more.'
The Young fellow, after all, wasn't so bad
s Thought boz was, and l am willing TO for
,ye lim the sin q speed, which SO besets all
American travellers
lu every country we have visited one
ire.i familiar in our own country has fol
louei u,. namely, the sign Of Post no bills
m England we found IL "Stick no bills i'm
France DO was Defense d'afiiciere - IN Italy,
f. robla rafisione," and in Germany, AUX
e.eu yerboienn In Italy and IN France the
.gnls very common, but IN Germany 10 is
nof SD. from which / conclude that the Italians
aud French are better advertisers than the
German, aud they hate to see a dead wall 60
90 waste
Dic.ey has picked up an idea. She has
seen before many front doors Of residences
ile Latin salutatOry "Salve,n and 10 has 50